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HSK 1noun

事

shì

事 (shì) means “matter; thing; item; work; affair”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Measure word: 件,桩,回

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

我没事,谢谢。

Wǒ méi shì, xièxie.

I'm fine, thanks.

Words containing 事

故事gù shìold practice本事běn shìsource material; original story事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business从事cóng shìto go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do同事tóng shìcolleague; co-worker当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)董事长dǒng shì zhǎngchairman of the board of directors军事jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military人事rén shìpersonnel; human resources; human affairs事实shì shífact事物shì wùthing; object事先shì xiānin advance; before the event; beforehand; prior

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 事 mean?
事 (shì) means “matter; thing; item; work; affair”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 事 pronounced?
事 is pronounced “shì” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 事?
事 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 事?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 事 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18